Ssd cant boot

[Niruvius]

Hi i have hdd (seagate 1tb) and ssd (kingstone ssdnow 120gb).
I did clean instal (even with no hdd connected) but simply cant get ssd to boot into win 8.1
Win works ok if i instal it on hdd but once i boot from hdd i can use ssd in win (instal games etc).
Ssd is stack in restart loop during win instal (instal win restart pc and enter instalation again - instead of going into personalization).
Is it posible my ssd is broken and simply cant boot or something?

Is there any cloning (win from hdd to ssd) program that is free (im broke after buying pc).

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

Did you set the first boot drive to SSD after the first installation for it to boot from the SSD and continue the setup?

If you need a migration software,Maybe your SSD came with one

http://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/acronis-download

or you can use the intel's

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19324/Intel-Data-Migration-Software

 

[Niruvius]

Yes i did set first boot for ssd i use f8 to access boot menu for my usb. It give me msg no boot device. Insert boot device and press any key zo continue.... May not be exactly same msg but it is something like that.

 

[Niruvius]

Can that intel software be used on ssdnow? Or only intel ssd?

 

[Paul NZ]

Go into the BIOS and change the bootdisk to the ssd. That'll save you changing it with F8 all the time

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

You can use that with any SSD.

When installing,

1)connect only the SSD and the pen drive and remove everything else. (assuming you install it using a pen)
2) set the first boot drive as the SSD.
3) Tap f8 and boot from the Pen.
4) next time when restarting, just let it happen.
5) continue the setup
6) after shutting down, connect the other drives.

 

[SBMfromLA]

Is there anything plugged into your USB port? I had that same exact error a few days ago while working on a computer... turned out I left a USB flash drive plugged int.

 

[Niruvius]

Nothing except keyboard, mouse and usb with windows. Ssd is already first in boot order and i go to boot menu for usb.

 

[SBMfromLA]

You know... on my computer I have the SSD plugged into SATA port 0. For example, if your motherboard has 4 SATA Port0 (0,1,2,3).. it first looks to SATA #0 port (which is the first one). I'm wondering if yours is correctly plugged in or the SATA port turned off. If you're able too... I would go back into BIOS and double your SATA settings.